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MLB DFS Picks and Pivots: Aug. 27

By Brian Tulloch

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 18: Colorado Rockies Garrett Hampson, #1, center, gets doused with Gatorade by teammate Charlie Blackmon after Hampson's walkoff, RBI-single in the 10th inning won the game for the Rockies against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field on August 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies beat the Marlins 7-6. Garrett Hampson singled on a fly ball to left fielder Harold Ramirez allowing Yonathan Daza to score winning the game for the Rockies. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 18: Colorado Rockies Garrett Hampson, #1, center, gets doused with Gatorade by teammate Charlie Blackmon after Hampson's walkoff, RBI-single in the 10th inning won the game for the Rockies against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field on August 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies beat the Marlins 7-6. Garrett Hampson singled on a fly ball to left fielder Harold Ramirez allowing Yonathan Daza to score winning the game for the Rockies. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /
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BOSTON – AUGUST 22: After he knocked in the game winning run with a bottom of the tenth inning RBI single, Boston Red Sox second baseman Brock Holt celebrates with team mascot Wally the Green Monster at left. The Boston Red Sox host the Kansas City Royals in the conclusion of a regular season MLB baseball game that was suspended by weather in the top of the tenth inning earlier in the month at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
BOSTON – AUGUST 22: After he knocked in the game winning run with a bottom of the tenth inning RBI single, Boston Red Sox second baseman Brock Holt celebrates with team mascot Wally the Green Monster at left. The Boston Red Sox host the Kansas City Royals in the conclusion of a regular season MLB baseball game that was suspended by weather in the top of the tenth inning earlier in the month at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 22, 2019. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) /

MLB DFS – Sample Lineup and Slate Overview:

Please note – this sample lineup is not meant to be a plug and play build and should only be used as an illustrative example. 

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SP: Adrian Houser

SP: Drew Smyly

IF: Rafael Devers

IF: Xander Boegarts

IF: Nolan Arenado

OF: Charlie Blackmon

OF: Mookie Betts

OF: JD Martinez

UTIL: Daniel Murphy

UTIL: Mike Trout (not a bad one-off)

Slate Overview: I say this all the time in Picks and Pivots, but this has never been and will never be a simple best plays column and my goal is always to discuss the slate makeup and roster build strategy.

I bring that up again today because telling you to stack Coors Field is not anything overly analytical that will be unique but the fact that a path exists to a game stack here that feels, dare I say, safe (gulp) – is what really stands out to me.

We have two arms that seem far too cheap considering their recent form and match-up that they have already put up 20+ fantasy points in – if you get 40+ from Houser/Smyly here again tonight, with $10K+ per bat, you are set up extremely well in all formats.

Now sure, the Red Sox/Rockies could flop and at inflated ownership the pivots could rule the night, but I also see a path to a game stack here that we rarely get such clarity on and for this night, I will happily eat the chalk and hope I fall on the right side of it.

Good luck all!

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